tom arnold- actor GOTTA TELL YA. EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE PEOPLE COMING FROM BIG CITIES WHEN PEIOPLE COME HERE THEY WANNA STAY. THERES SOMETHING HERE 28:45" A proud Iowan, Tom Arnold, telling fans at the Iowa Historical Museum how impressed people are with his home state. Arnold entertained and informed this morning at the unveiling of a museum exhibit about Iowa's hollywood connection. We had a chance to learn a little about Tom Arnold... And a whole lot about Iowa's film history that's a lot more than bridges of madison county and field of dreams. AFTER 25 YEARS OF TV, MOVIES AND TABLOIDS IOWAN TOM ARNOLD may be MELLOWING Tom Arnold/ Iowan/Actor: I wanna live a normal life. Its much more cost effective. ARNOLD GOT THE NEWEST EXHIBIT "HOLLYWOOD IN THE HEARTLAND" OFF TO A ROUSING START, TALKING CAREER, TRIALS AND TROUBLES, PURSUING DREAM AND ...PERHAPS HIS PROUDEST New ROLE.. BEING A DAD.. BECAUSE.. HE'S AN IOWAN WHO'SE DONE A LOT IN HOLLYWOOD, ARNOLD WAS THE KEYNOTE OF THE OPENING.. OR MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY PREMIERE . WHEN THE MUSEUM ASKED FOR SOME OF HIS MEMORABILIA -- A SCRIPT FROM HIS HIT TRUE LIES-- TO BE SIDE BY SIDE WITH OSCAR WINNERS JOHN WAYNE AND DONNA REED SOME OF THE IOWA HUMILITY IN ARNOLD SAID WAIT A MINUTE.. I feel uncomfortable with that. She said well they have john wayne and Donna Reed and I said now I really feel uncomfortable it doesnt seem right Is part of being from Iowa.. It's embarassing. BUT EVENTUALLY ARNOLD Relented. Leo Landis Says the Exhibits Curators searched far and wide for everything from Oscars to .. Well stuff like this: recognize the marionettes from Sound of Music? SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.. INCLUDE PROPS AND CLIPS FROM FILMS MADE IN IOWA. DISPLAYS OF IOWA ACTORS AND ACTRESSES THEATERS .. A FILM HISTORY THAT'S GOT A LOT OF CREDITS AND IS OLDER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.. The first film with scenes shot in iowa goes back to 1919 and norma talmadge's "the Wonderful Thing" For the next several months Movies with Iowa connections.. Field of dreams music man, Cold turkey.. And more will be screened at the Historical museum. Lectures from filmmakers this weekend Go to iowahistory dot org slash Hollywood for more information. We have that link at KCCI dot com

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